Recycling Today articles from March 2005

Recycling Today archives from March 2005

Survival of the shrewdest.(Recyclers business growth)(Editorial)
March 1, 2005... Recyclers who may have been deluded into thinking some of the volatility of commodity markets was disappearing have seen that notion fade into the background again in the past 18 months. Markets for many secondary commodities throughout...

FPT forges auto connection.(Scrap Industry News)(Ferrous Processing and Trading)(Soave Enterprises to form Parts Galore a used auto parts retail outlet)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Soave Enterprises, the Detroit-based holding company that is the parent of Ferrous Processing and Trading (FPT), has teamed with auto parts and dismantling veteran Bill Wild to form Parts Galore, a self-service, used auto parts retail outlet....

Mittal-ISG deal nearing.(Scrap Industry News)(Mittal Steel Co)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The U.S. Justice Department has approved the proposed merger of International Steel Group Inc. (ISG), Richfield, Ohio, into Netherlands-based Mittal Steel Co. N.V. ISG was formed just a few years ago, building on the assets of the bankrupt...

Galamba adds another Missouri location.(Scrap Industry News)(Galamba Metals Group LLC acquires)(Calverts Scrap Yard)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Galamba Metals Group LLC, headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., has acquired Outer Road Recycling, formerly known as Calverts Scrap Yard, in Boonville, Me. Acquiring the Boonville recycling facility improves the Galamba Group's ability to...

Survey finds recycling lacking in Ohio.(Municipal Recycling)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... A statewide survey conducted by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) finds that more than 60 percent of Ohio's residential and commercial waste can be recycled. The "What's In Our Garbage? Ohio's Waste Characterization Study"...

Philly rewards recyclers.(Municipal Recycling)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Philadelphia began a pilot program in January in which residents receive store coupons as incentives to participate in the city's recycling program. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, 6,000 households in Chestnut Hill and East Oak...

Lowly elements.(Ferrous)
March 1, 2005... Mill buyers continue their emphasis on combining lower scrap grades with scrap alternatives in their melts, seeking to avoid higher-priced ferrous grades. The strategy appears to have produced its desired effect, as scrap dealers and mill...

Long-term strength.(Nonferrous)(nonferrous metals value keeps increasing)
March 1, 2005... Market watchers believe nonferrous metals will hold onto much of their value during the first few months of this year. While the late 2004 run-up in copper provided an opportunity for some retrenching to take place, stocks at the London...

Keeping the window open.(Nonferrous)(energy saving aspects of aluminum window)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC), Wauconda, Ill., is continuing a campaign called "Keep Aluminum Windows," which promotes aluminum extrusion window and door products as viable and preferable for builders. The AEC has worked in part...

Steady as she goes.(Paper)(scrap paper supply demand and market price)
March 1, 2005... Following in step with the last few months of 2004, the late winter months have been a relatively stable time for scrap paper in generation and pricing, with only a few exceptions. Overall, recyclers remain moderately upbeat with business...

Optical sorters detect PLA.(Plastics)(polylactide)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Research conducted by National Recovery Technologies Inc. (NRT), a designer of plastic mass-sorting technology, indicates that NatureWorks PLA can be segregated from PET bottles as part of a fraction that is already being removed by reclaimers...

AERT claim enters litigation.(Nonmetallics)(Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, have sued Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. (AERT), a maker of composite building materials based in Springdale, Ark., in connection with a pending final settlement of AERT's Junction, Texas,...

PA. DEP takes legal action against generators.(Tires)(Department of Environmental Protection)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has filed a Complaint In Equity in Columbia County Court against 21 tire generators who have not acted to remove scrap tires taken from their businesses years ago to the Start tire...

North Dakota considers tire tax.(Nonmetallics)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... North Dakota lawmakers have proposed a new tax on rubber that could raise $5 million per year if approved, according to a report in the Grand Forks Herald (Grand Forks, N.D.). The proposed legislation would simultaneously ban used tires...

National E-scrap bill introduced.(Electronics Recycling)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Reps. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) and Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) have introduced the National Computer Recycling Act, a bill that would direct the EPA to develop and implement a national electronics recycling program. As proposed, the National...

Metech renews certification.(Electronics recycling)(Metech International)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Metech International, headquartered in Mapleville, R.I., has renewed its ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001 certification at its Mapleville and Gilroy, Calif., locations. The company recycles electrical manufacturing scrap, obsolete inventory and...

Miami to host 2006 C&D World Show.(C&D News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The 2006 C&D World Exposition & Show will be Jan. 15-18, 2006, at the Hyatt Regency Miami, in Miami, Fla. C&D World, the official show of the Construction Materials Recycling Association (CMRA), Eola, Ill., offers construction and...

Aggregate Industries is acquisition target.(C&D News)
March 1, 2005... Holcim Ltd., Zurich, Switzerland, one of the world's largest cement makers, is considering buying building materials group Aggregate Industries, Leicestershire, U.K., for an equivalent of about $3.4 billion, according to a report in the New...

Albuquerque I&M adds sorting equipment.(Equipment Report)(Albuquerque Iron & Metal)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Albuquerque Iron & Metal, Albuquerque, N.M., has purchased an LSI Air-Less Metal Sorting Machine Model MST 1600-S-SS from equipment supplier Henry A. Wiltschek Inc., Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada. Henry Wiltschek says the sorting system...

Company Wrench earns LaBounty award.(Equipment Report)(Wrench Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Brad Hutchinson created Company Wrench, Carroll, Ohio, when he needed to service, repair and maintain the vehicles that belonged to his construction company Elite Construction. Within the next year, Company Wrench was a major truck repair...

New name for Philadelphia Tramrail.(Equipment Report)(Philadelphia Tramrail Co.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The former Philadelphia Tramrail Co. has changed its name to PTR Baler & Compactor Co. The manufacturing company has been in business since 1907. The company's President-elect Mike Savage says that a new name will better convey PTR's...

Dynamic approach.(Cover Story)
March 1, 2005... The 1990s, when everything high-tech was hot and anything with a historical track record was considered "old economy," was a challenging time to enter the steel industry. Even so, Keith Busse and the other founding officers of Steel Dynamics...

Shining on in 2005: the copper market continues to shine. (Commodity Focus).
March 1, 2005... Copper scrap is in its second year of a strong market, and there does not seem to be any slowing it down--at least, not in the short run. Primary copper and scrap are moving at consistently high prices. While demand is good, the limited supply...

Prairie storm: a large tire recycling plant springs up in West Texas oil country.(Tire Operations Focus)(State Rubber & Environmental Solutions LLC)
March 1, 2005... Denver City, Texas, is not necessarily the first location one would exact to find a state-of-the-art crumb rubber processing facility. In a region better known for cotton farms I and the more than 30,000 oil wells that dot the landscape as far...

Municipal recycling programs and the secondary commodities they divert are experiencing mixed results.(2005 Municipal Recycling Supplement)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Municipalities in the United States have taken a variety of approaches toward setting up curbside collection programs and drop-off centers. Factors affecting municipal recycling programs, such as the cost of landfill tipping fees and the...

Providing for the common defense.(2005 Municipal Recycling Supplement)
March 1, 2005... Largely to their credit, many recyclers have been able to accept, endure and intelligently rebut some criticism that has been directed their way regarding municipal recycling. Taxpayer watchdogs are not always fond of recycling programs,...

Expansion teams: recyclers and plastics organizations work to expand municipal plastics collections.(2005 Municipal Recycling Supplement)
March 1, 2005... With no magnetic qualities to speak of and barely perceptible differences in weights between grades, plastics have always suffered their share of problems when it comes to municipal recycling. At 23 percent, plastic's recycling rate lags...

Open to containers: scrap recycler Schupan & Sons has established itself as an important part of Michigan's container deposit and return system.(2005 Municipal Recycling Supplement)
March 1, 2005... Providing efficient and reliable service can be a management challenge for any recycling company. When that service is being provided to a set of customers that has unwillingly had recycling obligations placed upon it, the challenge can be even...

Filling in the blanks: municipalities must increasingly cost-justify programs that keep recyclables out of the landfill.(2005 Municipal Recycling Supplement)
March 1, 2005... Despite recycling having become common activity for most people, the municipal recycling sector is struggling. Possibly because of a lack of attention some municipalities have shown to the high cost of the process, some cities are viewing the...

Pros and cons: glass offers benefits and drawbacks to municipal recycling programs. We look at a few approaches to collecting this contentious commodity.(2005 Municipal Recycling Supplement)
March 1, 2005... Along with the trend toward commingled curbside recycling programs, glass has been making news. Unfortunately for consumers of post-consumer cullet, it's often portrayed as the bad-guy in the single-stream story: Glass broken during commingled...

Attached at the hip: scrap recyclers and demolition contractors are increasingly relying on hydraulic processing attachments.(Hydraulic Attachments Report)
March 1, 2005... The demolition scrap stream remains an important source of ferrous and nonferrous scrap, with grades ranging from structural beams to copper wire being pulled from buildings during the demolition process. As controlled demolition--the...

Full circle: life cycle management procedures for printer cartridges have been put into practice at HP.(Print Cartridge Recycling Update)(Hewlett-Packard Co)
March 1, 2005... An increasing number of companies, interest groups and communities are broadening their thinking about the total environmental impact of products. Rather than just focusing on energy efficiency or recycling, they're pointing to the far-reaching...

Spring fling: the scrap industry gathers in New Orleans this April for the annual ISRI Convention and Exposition.(ISRI Convention Preview)(Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries)
March 1, 2005... Vacationers celebrating a belated Mardi Gras will have to compete with the scrap industry this April in New Orleans as the 2005 ISRI Convention and Exposition lands in the Big Easy for the first time in 15 years. "It's going to be the best...

Calendar.(Calendar)
March 1, 2005... MARCH 13-15 ARA Hill Days, Washington, D.C., Automotive Recycling Association, (703) 385-1001 or mark@a-r-a.org MARCH 13-17 EAF Steelmaking Seminar, Seattle, Association for Iron and Steel Technology, (724) 776-6040 or...

Genesis GXP 2500R.(Products)
March 1, 2005... * Capable of providing more than 3,000 tons of cutting force * Designed to meet the need for extreme-sized shears in today's global market * For excavators in the 200,000-pound-plus range * Jaw depth of 48 inches; jaw opening of 46...

Mettler Toledo scale terminal.(Products)
March 1, 2005... * IND310drive graphic terminal * Includes flexible database tables, quick ID indexes, configurable soft keys and condition-based monitoring * Ideal for controlling inventory, valuing transactions and ensuring the ability to shop...

Bollegraaf drum feeder.(Products)
March 1, 2005... * Eliminates dependence on loader operator * Capable of feeding the bunker with large amounts of material in little time at the start of a sorting system * Provides constant material flow to improve sort quality * Features a 6-inch...

Prab dual scrapveyor II.(Products)
March 1, 2005... * Includes two heavy-duty chains located opposite one another that carry cast flights along side-by-side abrasion-resistant troughs * Can be installed either above or below floor Incorporates a simple design that collects and elevates in...

Leach bolt-on plate.(Products)
March 1, 2005... * Bolt-on tipper provides an adjustable load sill height on the hopper and can be adjusted based on chassis height * Adjustable for can sizes other than standard 90-gallon containers * For 2R-III rear loaders * Can be installed and...

Heil multi-task SL drop-frame side loader.(Products)
March 1, 2005... * For automated, semi-automated or manual routes--or all three * Features patent-pending full-eject load discharge for increased efficiency compared to dumping models * Ideal solution for communities who are considering automated...

Float on.(Back Page)(boat made from 2,040 PET bottles)(Polyethylene terephthalate)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Brazilian businessman Eduardo P. de Carvalho will sail the Sao Francisco River aboard a boat made from 2,040 PET bottles to illustrate the potential of reuse and recycling, He has termed the trip Project MegaPET. Carvalho's boat measures...

Star power fuels E-Recycling campaign.(Back Page)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The state of California, working with Hollywood's environmental community, has launched a multimedia consumer awareness and public information campaign in an effort to educate the state's residents about electronics recycling. The eRecycle...

Painting the town green.(Back Page)(recycling bins donated by non profit organizations)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The town of San Jose Villanueva, El Salvador, hopes to become a cleaner place in 2005, thanks to 2,100 recycling bins donated by Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Cascade Engineering. Cascade Engineering made the donation in conjunction with Epilogos...